Cheetahs From Namibia To India

12-14 cheetahs are intended to be brought from South Africa, Namibia, and other African Countries over a period of upcoming five years as per the Action Plan, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey said.

All eight cheetahs brought from Namibia to a Madhya Pradesh national park are adapting well to their new surrounding, informed the Union Environment Minister on Sunday.

The eight cheetahs flown to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park from Namibia in mid-September will be moved to an acclimatisation enclosure this month before being released into the wild, a member of the Centre's task force on the big cats has said.

A task force formed by the Centre to monitor the cheetahs brought to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh from Namibia last month held a meeting on Thursday.

The eight cheetahs, shifted from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) on September 17, are "fantastic" and "frolicking" around by feasting on buffalo meat while in quarantine, forests officials have said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that based on the recommendation of the task force set up to observe cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, it will be decided when people will be able to see the animals.

As the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia are trying to acclimatise to the new environment in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, experts are monitoring them from a hole in a loft near their quarantine enclosures.

A Bishnoi organisation has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that deer were being "dropped" into the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh to feed the cheetahs recently brought there from Namibia and said the practice should end.

The Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that "no constructive efforts" were made for decades to reintroduce cheetahs to India after the big cats were declared extinct in the country.

A video circulating on Twitter shows the inside of the Boeing 747 that brought these cheetahs to India from Namibia in Africa.

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday today, superstar Shah Rukh Khan has a request for the leader - "take the day off and enjoy". SRK also wished the Prime Minister "strength and health to achieve all your goals".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released cheetahs flown in from Namibia into special enclosures at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh as part of a project to reintroduce the big cats in India.

PM Modi: Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Saturday welcomed eight cheetahs from Namibia as part of a programme to reintroduce the feline in India.

Project Cheetah: PM Modi today released three of the eight cheetahs that arrived in India Saturday, seven decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats starting from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park.

The big cats are being brought to India from Namibia as part of an intercontinental translocation project called Project Cheetah.

12-14 cheetahs are intended to be brought from South Africa, Namibia, and other African Countries over a period of upcoming five years as per the Action Plan, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey said.

All eight cheetahs brought from Namibia to a Madhya Pradesh national park are adapting well to their new surrounding, informed the Union Environment Minister on Sunday.

The eight cheetahs flown to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park from Namibia in mid-September will be moved to an acclimatisation enclosure this month before being released into the wild, a member of the Centre's task force on the big cats has said.

A task force formed by the Centre to monitor the cheetahs brought to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh from Namibia last month held a meeting on Thursday.

The eight cheetahs, shifted from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) on September 17, are "fantastic" and "frolicking" around by feasting on buffalo meat while in quarantine, forests officials have said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that based on the recommendation of the task force set up to observe cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, it will be decided when people will be able to see the animals.

As the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia are trying to acclimatise to the new environment in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, experts are monitoring them from a hole in a loft near their quarantine enclosures.

A Bishnoi organisation has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that deer were being "dropped" into the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh to feed the cheetahs recently brought there from Namibia and said the practice should end.

The Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that "no constructive efforts" were made for decades to reintroduce cheetahs to India after the big cats were declared extinct in the country.

A video circulating on Twitter shows the inside of the Boeing 747 that brought these cheetahs to India from Namibia in Africa.

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday today, superstar Shah Rukh Khan has a request for the leader - "take the day off and enjoy". SRK also wished the Prime Minister "strength and health to achieve all your goals".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released cheetahs flown in from Namibia into special enclosures at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh as part of a project to reintroduce the big cats in India.

PM Modi: Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Saturday welcomed eight cheetahs from Namibia as part of a programme to reintroduce the feline in India.

Project Cheetah: PM Modi today released three of the eight cheetahs that arrived in India Saturday, seven decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats starting from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park.

The big cats are being brought to India from Namibia as part of an intercontinental translocation project called Project Cheetah.